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Curtis Lazar Bio

The variety of Lazar's repertoire was evident early in his career.

Playing for British Columbia as a 16-year-old during the 2011 Canada Winter Games, Lazar scored 12 goals in six games to break the record set by Steven Stamkos, and compiled 17 points to top the mark set by Sidney Crosby.

The variety of Lazar's repertoire was evident early in his career.

Playing for British Columbia as a 16-year-old during the 2011 Canada Winter Games, Lazar scored 12 goals in six games to break the record set by Steven Stamkos, and compiled 17 points to top the mark set by Sidney Crosby.

To further illustrate Lazar's big-game tendencies, the Salmon Arm, British Columbia, native had a hat trick in the semifinals and another in the final to propel British Columbia to a 7-4 victory against a Quebec team that included Jonathan Drouin.

The Ottawa Senators were impressed enough to select Lazar with their first pick (No. 17) at the 2013 NHL Draft.

Lazar's final season in junior, 2013-2014 with Edmonton of the Western Hockey League, would be memorable as Edmonton reeled off 50 wins to claim the Eastern Conference title. After having been ousted by Portland in a six-game league final the year before, Edmonton gained its revenge on Portland, with the series going the full seven games.

At the Memorial Cup, Edmonton started off with one win in three games, but ran the table in the playoff portion and beat Guelph, the tournament favorite, 6-3 in the final.

Lazar contributed 22 points in 21 postseason games for Edmonton.

Making the Senators straight out of camp the following September, Lazar played for Canada at the 2015 World Junior Championship, with Canada winning the title. Lazar finished with five goals and nine points in seven games.